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Possible News Stories

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This list shows news stories that were selected by Mr. Cox and Mrs. Cross for the 2008-09 News Story Project. The topics on this list would all make excellent candidates for news stories, but many more are possible. I will seek to approve a range of news stories within each class; in other words, we will not have every story be about Hurricanes or Earthquakes, for instance.

Hurricanes
  • Hurricane Paul 1982 (AP9)
  • Typhoon Nina 1975 (ML3AE3) (MF9MP9)
  • Hurricane Iniki 1992 (AA1MD1LS1) (MS3KP3)
  • Cyclone Gafilo 2004 (BH3PP3) (MM7CK9)
  • Typhoon Tip 1979 (SL9CS9)
  • Cyclone Tracy 1974 (EC9JD9)
  • Hurricane John 1994 (MM3)
  • Hurricane Katrina 2007 (MG1MK1) (JH3CD9)
Tornados
  • Gainesville Tornado 1936 (RO9JM9)
  • Tri-State Tornado 1925 (XC3) (JR5) (DB7)
  • Daultipur-Salturia Tornado 1989 (AB9)
  • Super Tornado Outbreak 1974 (AT1LB1) (JC3TD3)
  • Moore Oklahoma Tornado 1999 (IS1) (MR3NO3) (EG9SS9)
  • Great Bend (Kansas) Tornado 1915 (VF1CC9SK9)
Mining Accidents
  • 1907 Monongah Mines (ME1)
  • 2007 Ulyanovskaya (JW5CW9) (TS7MG7)
  • 2006 Sago Mine Disaster (AYMC1)
  • Baia Mare Romania (gold mines) (ES5)
  • Logan County WV (MTR coal mines)
  • Leviathan Mines (CA & NV) (NW3)
Earthquakes
  • 2005 Sumatra earthquake (CG7) (RF9)
  • 2005 Kashmir earthquake (BJJG5) (AHIM9)
  • 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (AMLMSK1) (MP5)
  • 1960 Valdivia earthquake (KR1)
  • 1872 Lone Pine Earthquake (LS7)
  • 1811 New Madrid Earthquake (NB3LK3) (SW5BH5)
  • 1886 Charleston Earthquake (JM7RP7)
  • 2008 China Earthquake (KT1ML1NQ1)
  • Sanriku Earthquake (BG7)
Volcanic Eruptions
  • 79 AD Mount Vesuvius (BD1) (ZF3) (SS5) (AK7)
  • 1815 Tambora, Indonesia
  • 1986 Lake Nyos (Cameroon) (MCEB5)
  • 1985 Nevado Ruiz (Colombia) (BB3JR7)(CDNM5)
  • 1951 Lamington (New Guniea)
  • 1980 Mount St. Helens (TP1) (LMCS5) (TDAF7)
  • 186 A. D. Taupo (New Zealand)
Wildfires
  • Kalimantan Indonesia Fires (SGDM7)
  • Centralia PA Mine Fires (MS5) (DP9)
  • 2007 Greek fires (MN3)
  • 2003 San Bernardino Mountains (JD7DC7)
  • 1910 Great Fire (MT & ID) (VF1CC9SK9)
  • 1988 Yellowstone National Park (AMSKLM1) (KP5) (LD7) (KH7)
  • 2007 Milford Flat Fire (LT9DL9)
  • 2007 California Wildfires (MKGR1)
Avalanches
  • 1910 Wellington avalanche (JVJM5)
  • 1954 Blons avalanches (TW7)
  • 1970 Ancash earthquake
  • 1999 Galtür Avalanche (TBIG7)
  • 2002 Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide (KTMLNQ1)
  • 1951-52 Winter of Terror (AAMDLS1)(APNM3)
  • 1999 Montroc, France (RPRB5)
Other
  • Yellow River Flooding (QG5)
  • Kenyan Drought (KM7)
  • Yellowstone Supervolcano (TP7)